Texas A&M at Louisiana Tech

I know what you're thinking. How could anyone ever say a WAC school would beat a BCS conference school regardless of where the game is played?

The quick answer is because it has happened before.

Welcome to the Western Athletic Conference, around for a limited time only. The WAC has produced some of college football's greatest upsets. Remember Boise State and Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl? What about Pat Hill and his Fresno State teams' play anybody anywhere mantra?

Back in 1999, the Bulldogs of Louisiana Tech knocked off a nationally-ranked Alabama squad in Alabama.

Those same Bulldogs will be looking to do the same Thursday to another SEC foe.

Texas A&M is coming off a disappointing season in which it saw many of its leads erased in the second half of games. The Aggies now bring in Kevin Sumlin, an offensive guru, at head coach to lead A&M as it starts its new journey in the SEC.

Should the Aggies slip up to La Tech, Sumlin's and the Aggies' journey may be a little rockier than predicted.

Wyoming at Texas

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Wyoming? Upset Texas at home? Impossible. I know that's what a lot of you are thinking. Hear me out.

Wyoming brings back a very good but underrated quarterback in Brett Smith and a defense that was very good in the turnover margin. However, that same defense was very bad at stopping the run, something the Texas offense will likely lean on for most of the game.

Factor in Texas' quarterback controversy, and you have the makings of a potential upset.

Ohio at Penn State

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It's hard to say this would be an upset either way. On one side is Frank Solich and the MAC runner-up Bobcats spearheaded by Tyler Tettleton at quarterback. On the other side is Penn State, who is reeling from NCAA sanctions and numerous player transfers.

Gone are a lot of Penn State's experienced offensive players from an offense that really didn't do anything last year.

Marshall at West Virginia

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Many are writing this game off as a blowout. That may not be the case. Two fierce rivals face off in the Friends of Coal Bowl.

While West Virginia has never lost to Marshall, the Thundering Herd has played competitive as of late. In fact, the Thundering Herd had a victory in hand in 2010, but let it slip away by allowing West Virginia to come back in the second half and win it in overtime.

Despite expectations for either team, everything is off the table when these rivals meet. And who knows, maybe Marshall will get its first victory over the Mountaineers.